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ArticlePloS one2016

Human Organotypic Lung Tumor Models: Suitable For Preclinical 18F-FDG PET-Imaging.

David Fecher, Elisabeth Hofmann, Andreas Buck, Ralph Bundschuh, Sarah Nietzer, Gudrun Dandekar, Thorsten Walles, Heike Walles, Katharina Lückerath, Maria Steinke

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

David FecherDepartment of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Elisabeth HofmannDepartment of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Andreas BuckDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Ralph BundschuhDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Sarah NietzerDepartment of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Gudrun DandekarDepartment of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Thorsten WallesDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Heike WallesDepartment of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Katharina LückerathDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Maria SteinkeDepartment of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Universitätsklinikum Würzburg · DEFraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology · DEUniversity Hospital Bonn · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Development of predictable in vitro tumor models is a challenging task due to the enormous complexity of tumors in vivo. The closer the resemblance of these models to human tumor characteristics, the more suitable they are for drug-development and -testing. In the present study, we generated a complex 3D lung tumor test system based on acellular rat lungs. A decellularization protocol was established preserving the architecture, important ECM components and the basement membrane of the lung. Human lung tumor cells cultured on the scaffold formed cluster and exhibited an up-regulation of the carcinoma-associated marker mucin1 as well as a reduced proliferation rate compared to respective 2D culture. Additionally, employing functional imaging with 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) these tumor cell cluster could be detected and tracked over time. This approach allowed monitoring of a targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment in the in vitro lung tumor model non-destructively. Surprisingly, FDG-PET assessment of single tumor cell cluster on the same scaffold exhibited differences in their response to therapy, indicating heterogeneity in the lung tumor model. In conclusion, our complex lung tumor test system features important characteristics of tumors and its microenvironment and allows monitoring of tumor growth and -metabolism in combination with functional imaging. In longitudinal studies, new therapeutic approaches and their long-term effects can be evaluated to adapt treatment regimes in future.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalFluorodeoxyglucose F18GefitinibHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalLungLung NeoplasmsOrgan Culture TechniquesPositron-Emission TomographyQuinazolinesRadiopharmaceuticalsRatsRats, Inbred LewAntineoplastic AgentsFluorodeoxyglucose F18GefitinibQuinazolinesRadiopharmaceuticals

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PMID27501455
PMCPMC4976941
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